melanin-concentrating hormone (melanin concentrating hormone)

02/01/2013 - "This study investigates the interaction between the cannabinoid and melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) systems in food intake, body weight control, and mood. "
01/01/2014 - "Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) has been reported to be involved in a variety of behaviors that include feeding, body-weight regulation, anxiety, sleep, and reward behavior. "
07/19/2007 - "Over the past ten years, tremendous advances in our understanding of the role of the hypothalamic neurohormone, melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), and its involvement in the regulation of food intake and body weight have been achieved. "
01/11/2006 - "To test this possibility for body weight, mice with selective loss of melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) neurons were generated. "
06/01/2005 - "The importance of the melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) system for regulation of energy homeostasis and body weight has been demonstrated in rodents. "

01/01/2013 - "The potential role for the melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) signaling pathway in the treatment of obesity is being explored by many. "
06/01/2011 - "The appetite stimulating effects of melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) continues to be of high interest, and there is substantial support to investigate the use of MCH 1-receptor antagonists for the treatment of obesity. "
09/15/2010 - "Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) is an important mediator of energy homeostasis and plays role in several disorders such as obesity, stress, depression and anxiety. "
01/01/2010 - "Mechanism of the anti-obesity effects induced by a novel melanin-concentrating hormone 1-receptor antagonist in mice."
01/01/2008 - "Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a recently discovered central nervous system (CNS) target for treating obesity. "

08/01/2008 - "Antagonism of central melanin-concentrating hormone 1 receptor alleviates steatohepatitis in mice."
08/01/2008 - "Blockade of brain melanin-concentrating hormone 1 receptor (MCH1R) significantly ameliorates fatty liver as well as obesity. "

07/01/2006 - "The aim of this study was to validate melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH)-1 receptor antagonism as a potential treatment of mood disorders. "
09/01/2009 - "The role of melanin-concentrating hormone in energy homeostasis and mood disorders."

08/01/2013 - "Functional characterization of two melanin-concentrating hormone genes in the color camouflage, hypermelanosis, and appetite of starry flounder."
04/01/2013 - "To study the relevance of density and background color to malpigmentation (hypermelanosis) on the blind side, we also compared malpigmented ratios and prepro-melanin-concentrating hormone mRNA activities in the brain between the dark-green and white background groups, as well as between a relatively lower density (60 days) and higher density (120 days). "